The abundant class III chitinase homolog in young developing banana fruits behaves as a transient vegetative storage protein and most probably serves as an important supply of amino acids for the synthesis of ripening-associated proteins

Plant Physiology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 1063-1072

  Peumans, Willy J ^a   Proost, Paul ^a   Swennen, Rony L ^a   Van Damme, Els J M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; FRUITS; GENES; PROTEINS; VACCINES;

RIPENING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; MUSA;

EID: 0036802220     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.006551     Document Type: Article

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